Would you buy a boy girls toys and visa versa - Page 4

Eelis · Feb 27th, 2010, 05:21 AM

Aeryn is obsessed with trucks, diggers and cranes! Don't really discourage her from playing with anything, apart from plug sockets that is!

Naya69 · Feb 27th, 2010, 08:11 AM

I must admit when i was young i hated barbies and wasnt that into dolls most of my little friends were boys so i loved playing with wrestling dolls and garages and cars and doing bike racing up and down the street or on my skate board i was such a tom boy

x-amy-x · Feb 27th, 2010, 18:14 PM

'boys' and 'girls' toys... thats sooo old fashioned. Caitlyn can play with whatever she shows interest in! she's more into things like books, jigsaws and blocks though... none of them would generally be assigned a gender. I just think its all a bit mad, if your boy wants a dolly let him... if your girl wants a tool set, great!

mommy43 · Feb 27th, 2010, 18:31 PM

i have sons n daughters close in age n they played with each others toys i think its a good idea after all we as adults have both roles we like the men to know there way round the kitchen n help with the baby n women drive n do diy my 6 yr old daugher when she was younger loved her dads tools so we bought he her own bench n all she loved it

bky · Feb 27th, 2010, 18:34 PM

to you all. I was actually forbidden from playing with boys toys when I was little (all I wanted for 2 years of birthdays and Christmases was Transformers

).

Naya69 · Feb 27th, 2010, 18:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bky

to you all. I was actually forbidden from playing with boys toys when I was little (all I wanted for 2 years of birthdays and Christmases was Transformers

).

aww you poor girl i know iam still a bit traumatised from never getting the presents i want, i always wanted salvanian families and never once got one so now i really want to buy josh the whole set of them i surpose that can be classed as unisex toys

princess_bump · Feb 28th, 2010, 07:15 AM

for me, i believe children are socialised in thinking what's for boys and whats for girls, so maddi has any toy she takes a fancy too! i love pink and so she has quite a bit of pink for toys, but she has bright colours and multi colours too! when she's old enough she'll choose what she prefers. we love car's so she enjoys them, and a currently fav is her tools from handy manny! all her new words are coming from them - 'tools' and there names

oh to add - maddi spends most of her time reading and doing puzzle's, which like amy said, it mostly non gender specific, and i can't wait to get her a scalextric's, though i think me, james and my dad are going to be fighting over it

x-amy-x · Feb 28th, 2010, 09:24 AM

im desperate for a train set carly... but shes not interested in stuff like that

Vicyi · Mar 1st, 2010, 12:02 PM

Deffo. Mills is SUCH a tomboy. She likes her pram but other than that all she ever wants to play with is her trains/train-set/cars!
She now has 2 different train sets, a few musical trains and LOADS of cars!
Wouldnt have a prob with my (future) boy playing with a teddy/dolly/pram either. x

Vicyi · Mar 1st, 2010, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by beancounter

yes, definitely. though I have to say I wouldn't buy most girls stuff for a girl if I had one, why does everything have to be pink with princess written on? there's no choice!!

I agree! If there is a 'unisex' version or a 'pink' version then i always go unisex! For EG my step sister will only let her DD play with PINK blocks, PINK lego, PINK teddies etc etc whereas Mills just has the usual multi coloured ones which are much brighter, cooler and then can be passed on throughout the whole family without anyone saying 'oh but that fro a girl'

Feb 27th, 2010, 05:21 AM	#31
Eelis Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Devon Posts: 295	Aeryn is obsessed with trucks, diggers and cranes! Don't really discourage her from playing with anything, apart from plug sockets that is!

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Feb 27th, 2010, 08:11 AM	#32
Naya69 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 3,340	I must admit when i was young i hated barbies and wasnt that into dolls most of my little friends were boys so i loved playing with wrestling dolls and garages and cars and doing bike racing up and down the street or on my skate board i was such a tom boy

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Feb 27th, 2010, 18:14 PM	#33
x-amy-x Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Teesside, UK Posts: 13,812	'boys' and 'girls' toys... thats sooo old fashioned. Caitlyn can play with whatever she shows interest in! she's more into things like books, jigsaws and blocks though... none of them would generally be assigned a gender. I just think its all a bit mad, if your boy wants a dolly let him... if your girl wants a tool set, great!

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mommy43 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,694	i have sons n daughters close in age n they played with each others toys i think its a good idea after all we as adults have both roles we like the men to know there way round the kitchen n help with the baby n women drive n do diy my 6 yr old daugher when she was younger loved her dads tools so we bought he her own bench n all she loved it

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Feb 27th, 2010, 18:34 PM	#35
bky Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 4,013	to you all. I was actually forbidden from playing with boys toys when I was little (all I wanted for 2 years of birthdays and Christmases was Transformers ).

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Feb 28th, 2010, 07:15 AM	#37
princess_bump Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 31,453	for me, i believe children are socialised in thinking what's for boys and whats for girls, so maddi has any toy she takes a fancy too! i love pink and so she has quite a bit of pink for toys, but she has bright colours and multi colours too! when she's old enough she'll choose what she prefers. we love car's so she enjoys them, and a currently fav is her tools from handy manny! all her new words are coming from them - 'tools' and there names oh to add - maddi spends most of her time reading and doing puzzle's, which like amy said, it mostly non gender specific, and i can't wait to get her a scalextric's, though i think me, james and my dad are going to be fighting over it

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Feb 28th, 2010, 09:24 AM	#38
x-amy-x Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Teesside, UK Posts: 13,812	im desperate for a train set carly... but shes not interested in stuff like that

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Mar 1st, 2010, 12:02 PM	#39
Vicyi Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2,772	Deffo. Mills is SUCH a tomboy. She likes her pram but other than that all she ever wants to play with is her trains/train-set/cars! She now has 2 different train sets, a few musical trains and LOADS of cars! Wouldnt have a prob with my (future) boy playing with a teddy/dolly/pram either. x

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